news4's michael george is live in downtown brooklyn where today's daredevils are set to face a j. udge. michael? >> reporter: police climb the bridge trying to get that perfect selfie. two guys from connecticut are now getting a tour of another new york landmark, the brooklyn courthouse. these two tourists left the brooklyn bridge in handcuffs. police said they were caught scaling the brooklyn bridge, all to get the perfect photo of the sunrise. >> we want to document everything. it's the culture we're in right now. >> reporter: police say shawn cody and scott lockett, both beams of the brooklyn bridge, standing right over traffic. can you imagine going to these lengths to get a good picture? >> no. my life is way too precious. >> reporter: when the officer asked the two men to come down, they did, and they ended up getting charged with trespassing and public endangerment. the nypd takes action like this seriously. >> they said. strange stuff happens in the city. >> it's scary. you could get hurt. >> reporter: these stunts have become a recurring problem. there was a russian climbe

news4's michael george in the news room with more information. >> david, sacred heart eight confirmed cases with mumps with nine more probable cases and there's one confirmed case at another connecticut university. the fear right now is the outbreak could be spreading. muches is a highly contagious res pla toir disease. students who show symptoming should be isolated for five days. the cases started popping up a month ago but now they're warning everyone at say credited heart to check their vaccination records and make sure they've had the mumps vaccination. it's tiply 88% effective in preventing mumps. but most people fully recover. all of the students who have confirmed cases have already recovered. michael george, news4 new york. >>> college students are very vulnerable to highly contagious disease. harvard is dealing with an outbreak right now. 40 students have been infected since last march. two local universities experienced outbreaks. eight students at ford hamm contracted the disease. you can count on news4 to keep you contacted to all of the developments in this outbreak, rea

that's where michael george continues our team coverage. michael? >> reporter: for the last six hours, fans have been coming here right under the marquis lights of the apollo theater. they are here in big numbers praying, leaving flowers, leaving cards and many of them dancing. they say what better way to legacy. a tribute fit for prince himself. a spontaneous dance party outside the apollo theater. fans gathered to mourn and share memories of one of the most iconic musicians of all time. >> heartbroken. i love him. i'm a big fans of prince. >> i really think of him as sort of a shakespeare or a mozart. >> reporter: this super fan learned of the death after reading the marquis at the apollo theater. >> have i i have no words. i have no words. it's not real. he can't die. >> reporter: as fans georger er s he can't die. >> reporter: as fans georger er s gathered, someone turned on prince's music. and suddenly, grieving fans started to dance. i would die for you party by night fall. what do you think when you see fans come out here and just dance? >> i

michael george is on the scene tonight. it sounds like a number of people lost everything. >> reporter: yeah, rob. we want to show you what's happening right now. behind me firefighters still pouring water on these homes, making sure this doesn't flare up again. when you see the video of just how bad this fire was, you'll be alive. the fire tore through six buildings in minutes. flames sho" out at firefighters on ladders, missing them by just a few feet. ms. ortega watched her home burn to the ground. >> my own house, but at least everybody is fine. that's what i care about, my mother, my grandchildren. >> reporter: news 4 obtained cell phone video showing the moments right after the fire started. investigators think it started in a garage, then spread to several other buildings, including a church. we talked to victims who tearfully recounted that everyone made it out alive. >> the material, it's nothing. the people, they got saved. everybody is out. >> reporter: it took 250 firefighters to get the flames under control. ho

michael george is in coney island with more information. >> reporter: imagine this. you're walking down the street minding your own business and all of a sudden bullets start shooting in all directions. an mta bus camera caught these images, a blue suburban followed by a silver mercedes. police think these cars are responsible for a coney island shooting that left a bullet in the face. that, it's very devastating because i have my little daughter here. >> reporter: a 57-year-old woman was walking on the sidewalk when she heard the shots, then felt pain in her cheek. she had been hit, and police think she wasn't even the intended target. they believe someone in the mercedes fired at someone in the suburban. >> they still haven't caught these guys, and that's sad. i hope they put more attention on that. >> reporter: the woman is recovering. thankfully her injuries aren't life threatening. but neighbors say they no longer feel safe walking these streets. >> i thought it was safe. i've been here a couple years now. >> reporter: this happened when it was still daylight. d

the slashing happened on van cleef street and's where we find michael george with the latest. michael, any leads on the suspect? >> rob, police were able to trace the same guy to both the robbery here and a murder in manhattan. now, it happened here around midnight, a cab driver was dropping off a passenger, police say that passenger then slashed the cab driver. we spoke with that cab driver just after he got out of the hospital. livery cab driver manuel vera is lucky to be alive. he doesn't want his face shown, but he did show us the cuts on his neck and shoulder after a vicious attack. "i defended myself because i know his only intention was to kill me." police say manuel picked up this man, 53-year-old william smith and gave him a ride to a holiday inn saturday morning. when they arrived, smith slashed manuel repeatedly and tried to rob him "in that moment i just felt a pinch, nothing else. getting stabbed. i'm not sure if it was because i was desperate but after i reacted and saw the injury." manuel fought back. "when i grabbed his hands we struggled back and forth but it w

. >> michael george is in harlem. michael? >> reporter: well, chuck, just after the news broke that prince had died, the apollo put a speaker out here and started playing his music. now it's turned into a full-blown block party here. people here are saying what than celebrating his music. fans packed the sidewalk outside the legendary apollo theater remembering prince's life, legacy and of course his music. many fans broke down in tears when they heard about his unexpected death. >> i am so saddened by his death. he was a legend and still is in our hearts today. very devastating to the world of music and to everybody who cared about prince and his cam r family. >> i just love everything about this man. there will never be another purple rain, purple rain >> reporter: prince had some iconic performances in new york, but hit's also had a huge impact on the community. the ballet troupe was in danger of going out of business. when prince heard about it, he gave them a quarter of a million dollars. one day i'm going to do a ballet

michael george is live outside the apollo theater where fans are still gathering to remember prince. michael? >> reporter: chuck, there are very few artists whose deaths could bring fans out for two straight days. but here behind me, even at 11:00, there are fans outside the apollo offering prayers, leaving flowers behind as they celebrate his legacy. a crowd of more than 50 danced second straight night. i would die for you >> reporter: a fitting tribute to one of the greatest performers of all time. >> prince means everything to me. i was born in 1982. it's just amazing. >> this is awesome. i came from new jersey to come to the apollo. >> reporter: many are reflecting on his legendary performances in new york. news 4 obtained this footage of a secret 3:00 a.m. show in sew oho in 2011. his fans leave messages and flowers. they also have unanswered questions about prince's death. an autopsy was conducted but results may take weeks. >> there were no obvious signs of trauma. we have no reason to believe at this point that this was a suicide. >> reporter: now we know more about the days l

michael george, "news 4 new york." >> okay, michael. thank you. >>> she was a trail blazer for black women in bergen county. tonight the city of teaneck is mourning the death of their mayor, lizzette parker. she was the first black woman to serve as mayor in the county. she died at holy name medical center today. she was 44 years old. fellow politicians say she had been suffering from an illness. she leaves behind a husband and daughter. >>> we go now to the race for the white house. tonight democrats are battling for connecticut. both hillary clinton and bernie sanders are campaigning in the constitution state today. while republican donald trump stumped in maryland and ted cruz is holding a rally in indiana right now. the story from nbc's jennifer johnson. >> hello, everybody. support for donald trump in maryland, one of five states holding primaries tuesday, and trump had some stingers for ted cruz. >> we put the bible way up high. you put it down and you then you lie. >> reporter: cruz took shots at trump too for his support of tran

that is where we find michael george standing by live. michael? >> reporter: natalie, just look at some of the places that bernie sanders and hillary clinton have visited to weekend. the apollo in harlem, nathan's, junior's in brooklyn. now the boardwalk here on coney island. both candidates clearly playing up their new york roots as the fight intensifies for the state's 291 delegates. on the campaign trail it's all about new york. >> i hope very much that here in new york state you're going to help lead this country toward the political revolution which we need. >> reporter: in a speech on coney island's boardwalk bernie sanders alsoed hillary clinton for taking contributions from wall street. >> the last filing period her major super pac reported raising special interests, including $15 million from wall street. >> reporter: on "meet the press" the senator continued his attack on clinton's ability to lead. >> she may have the experience to be president of the united states, no one can argue that, but in terms of her judgment, something is clearl

. >> michael george is live in banding together to end the violence. michael? >> reporter: sibila, rita pierre is 61. she is a grandmother, and she was just making dinner for her family when she heard a commotion on the street. she walked over to her window on the second floor and that's when she took a stray bullet to the eye. a bullet hole on the second floor marks the spot where 61-year-old larita pierre, a grandmother was shot while making dinner in her own home. her son josh told us the injury is severe. >> we're just working to make sure she can keep vision in her eye. we're working to get her out of critical care. >> reporter: police say a fight broke out on this east flatbush street monday afternoon. lar larita and a neighbor looked out the window. bullets started flying. larita took a bullet right above her right eye. >> still dealing with the idea of why did this happen to me. she is still asking herself that. >> and she took a bullet that she thought she was safe in her house. >> reporter: if people sound angry, it's because they are. members of the

live in keyport, new jersey, michael george, "news 4 new york." >>> now to the weather. we are more than two weeks into spring and here comes another dose of winter. news4's janice huff is tracking a mix of rain and snow that will soon coat the area in just hours. >> that's right. most of the tri-state area will see light amounts of snow. it will mainly be rain and snow coming in tomorrow morning and the city and most areas will see less than an inch of accumulation of snow. but there's a little bit of a bull's eye right here over portions of mercer county, back to just north of philadelphia to 1 to 3 inches possible there. it's mainly going to be be on grasscy surfaces. the roads should stay wet as it should melt on impact with the asphalt surfaces. hunter don county, there's an advisory for you on saturday. you're expecting higher amounts. i would watch out in ocean county, a slight possibility there. the leading edge of this rain/snow mix is now moving through west virginia into western pennsylvania and should reach the city around 10:00 in the morning. so between 9:0

live at suny purchase, michael george. >> good news on that one. thank you. >>> now to the race for the white house and the race to win new york. about 30 hours until the polls open. hillary clinton and bernie sanders pulling out all the stops today, hitting the burroughs before voters hit the polls. we have a wrap up of today's events. >> if you will go out and voigt for me even on tuesday, i will fight for you during this campaign, and i will fight for you every single day in the white house!

michael george reports. >> reporter: residents at this shelter are all wondering what happened. a 56-year-old homeless man murdered and police still looking for the killer. >> i think they got no security. i don't know what the problem was with that though. they got lots of security. >> reporter: this man knows the man that was murdered. he says he doesn't feel safe at the shelter. >> i sleep with one eye open. >> reporter: police say workers found the 56-year-old resident dead in his bed with a cut to his neck. residents told us the victim was handicapped. detectives think he may have someone inside his room. >> the room appeared to be in disarray as if a struggle ensued. ems responded and pronounced the male deceased on scene. >> reporter: this is the third felony at this city shelter this year alone. in response to several violent instances, the administration commissioner says they're upgrading security here and other shelters. and the police department department's conducting with you of the security and safety needs of the shelter system. >> reporter: and we've learned the

michael george shows us how fans are mourning the music legend here at home. >> reporter: a crowd of more than 50 danced outside the apollo theater for the second straight night. a fitting tribute to one of the greatest performers of all time. >> prince means everything to i was born in 1982, so it's just amazing. >> reporter: what do you think about what's happening right now? >> this is so awesome. i came from new jersey to make sure i came to the apollo. >> reporter: many are reflecting on his legendary performances in new york. news 4 got footage of this 2011 performance. fans have unanswered questions about prince's death. an autopsy was conducted but results may take weeks. >> there were no obvious signs of trauma on the body at all. we have no reason to believe that this was a suicide. >> reporter: but now we know more about the days leading up to the star's death. a week ago he performed what would be his last two shows in atlanta. at 2:00 a.m. the next morning, his plane made an emergency landing in illinois. the pilot reported an unresponsive male. five days after that he w

. >> michael george has the story from keyport on what may have started the fire. >> we have guys down. may day. >> reporter: a worst case scenario. firefighters inside this building when suddenly it collapses. >> may day, may day, may day. >> pretty intense. flames were pretty high. >> reporter: here's the collapse from a different angle. six firefighters were injured battling this fire. but thankfully they're all expected to survive. buildings in downtown keyport. dozens of firefighters attacked the flames from the ground and from above. we're up here on the third floor of a nearby building and this has not been an easy fire to fight. over the course of several hours, hot spots keep flaring up. you can see the flames over there pop up again and again. that's made things difficult for firefighters. bob deronda was inside the building when the fire started. he told us a roofer may have accidentally sparked it. >> he came in looking for a fire extinguisher. our building is totaled. >> reporter: investigators haven't determined what the exact cost was. people here are just grateful the f

michael george reports on clues discovered in the victim's bedroom. >> the homeless shelter on 30th is massive. it stretches for a block and houses up to 500 residents and this morning one of those residents was found murdered. now detectives are trying to solve the mystery. residents at this shelter are all wondering what happened. a 56-year-old homeless man murdered and police still looking for the killer. >> i think they got no security. i don't know what the problem was with that though. >> gomez knows the man who was murdered. he told us he doesn't feel safe at the shelter. >> i sleep with one eye open. people still steal if you have any supplies or a phone. >> workers found the resident dead in his bed with a cut to his bed. the victim was handicapped. he may have been involved with a fight with someone inside his room. >> the room appeared to be in disarray as if a struggle ensued. ems responded and pronounced him deceased on scene. >> reporter: in response to several violent incidents the city's human resources administration commissioner says they're upgrading security here an

michael george, "today in new york." >>> now to decision 2016. candidates on the road today stumping ahead of tuesday's primaries in five states. on the democratic side, bernie sanders will hold rallies in providence and new haven. hillary clinton will get out the vote in bridgeport. on the republican side, donald trump will visit maryland and ted cruz will be in indiana. today's travels is the latest in bernie sanders is down in the polls but not out of the race. >> because poor people don't vote. that's a fact. that's a sad reality of american society. >> we will have more good jobs with rising incomes and will lift up people. >>> clinton is looking towards the general election releasing a new anti-trump ad. donald trump in connecticut telling supporters he will not tone down his message to appear more presidential. >> presidential is easy. you know what presidential is? i walk on -- >> trump called for his opponent senator ted cruz and governor john kasich to get out of the race. in pennsylvania cruz criticized trump calling him a phony conser

michael george joins us live with more information. >> reporter: natalie, rob, the 64-year-old man was walking right behind me on the shoulder across the street, and that's the driver never stopped. whoever it was, they just kept on going. right now, they're still on the loose. police shut down the street in the hopes of finding some ed lipging them to the hit-and-run driver. i spoke briefly with the victim's family. they were too disstraugt to talk with us on camera. police are hoping someone saw something. we spoke to one resident who saw the aftermath of the crash after the driver had fled. >> it's a sad situation because, you know, people have families. whoever hit him, should never ran. i hope that he get caught. >> reporter: and police have been able to find out a few details about the driver. they say he or she was drivering a 2002 to 2005 blue ford explorer and that vehicle very likely has serious damage to the front end grill. for that new information. >>> one family's precious pooch gone in an instant. >> loving dog that loved to hang out with people. >> and a little agelo's

live at suny purchase, michael george. >> good news on that one. thank you. >>> now to the race for the white house and the race to win new york. about 30 hours until the polls open. hillary clinton and bernie sanders pulling out all the stops today, hitting the burroughs before voters hit the polls. we have a wrap up of today's events. >> if you will go out and voigt for me even on tuesday, i will fight for you during this campaign, and i will fight for you every single day in the white house! calling all democrats from the diehards to the swing voters. >> she has more experience on local issues and foreign. >> hello, washington heights! >> reporter: it was time to motivate the vote, and to do that, hillary clinton used salsa in upper manhattan. and anti-gun violence message in the church pews of mt. vernon. >> nobody else running on either side is willing to take the stands that i think must be taken. >> reporter: and bill de blasio's progressive street cred in bed sty. not far away another massive sanders rally, drawing thousands of new yorkers,

michael george, news4 new york. >>> as a singer songwriter and instrumentist, the man born prince rogers nelson was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2004. purple rain, purple rain innovation to his sound that made a man standing 5'2" a giant in popular music. he sold more than $100 million records. his hits "when doves cry" and "let's go crazy." one of his biggest songs "party like it's 1999." >> reaction is pouring in from celebrities on social media who consider themselves fans like many of us. >> we have pop superstar justin timberlake who wrote numb, stunned this can't be real. >> director spike lee proposted this picture on instagram. lee remembered prince as a funny cat with a great sense of humor. >> tv and radio host ryan today we lost a music legend. >> and drummer questlove hads four words, long live the king. >> go to nbc.com, you'll find a gallery of prince photos. >>> in manhattan tonight, police would like to find the people behind two knife point robberies. one in central park. police believe two men are behind this. ida segal is at the park with the photos

we have michael george live in harlem where bernie sanders is set to appear right there behind you at the apollo theater. . >> reporter: bernie sanders has made appearances in the queens, he even found time to see the musical "hamilton." both sanders and hillary clinton have spent more time attacks each other and less time talking about the republican candidates. bernie sanders on a whirlwind tour of new york, hoping to capture as many of its 291 delegates as he can. >> if we can win here in new york state it will be a huge step forward zbloonchts . >> reporter: sanders is hoping his message resonates with real new yorkers. >> bernie seems to represent the people better than anybody. >> bernie addressed many issues that impact the bronx. an issue that has been neglected by many of our officials for decades. >> reporter: sanders then headed to queens for a rally. the vermont senator has been put on the defensive by hillary clinton after saying she's not qualified to be president. >> seriously i've been called a unqualified is not one of them. >> i respect hillary clinton. we were colle

michael george is in long island robbery victims. >> reporter: in this typically safe, quiet suburban neighborhood, there's a feeling of unease. they are getting in using garage door openers. >> yesterday morning we woke up. my husband came downstairs and found the garage open, the door to the family room off. >> reporter: then they checked the surveillance system and got quite a shock. a man appears, creeping between their cars in the driveway of their home. then he slips inside. >> he invaded my home. where you are supposed to be safe. i want him caught. >> reporter: police say the suspect also broke into another house. both break-ins happening in the dead of night while people are sleeping. detectives say the man searches driveways for cars left unlocked. when he finds one, he grabs the remote and he is in. accession the house through an unlocked door in the garage. we forgot to lock one of the cars that night. this is what could happen. >> reporter: he tore through the closets and drawers. but he didn't take anything. she thinks she may have startled him when she woke up. >> i wou

michael george, news 4, new york. >> all right, michael, thank you. >>> the search is on tonight for the person who smashed a 16-year-old boy in midtown. police say that teen and his friends were arguing with a street vendor at east 31st street today. that's when witness says the vendor slashed the teen's chest. he was taken to bellevue hospital and is expected to survive his injuries. >>> tonight the man accused of little girl in brooklyn is spending the night in jail. police say that akaja hall grabbed the girl and exposed himself as she walked to school yesterday morning. the girl was able to get away. hall is facing several charges including attempted sexual abuse and public lewdness. >>> a heated standoff as tens of thousands of verizon workers walked off the job. it is a strike that could impact millions of customers. strike affectser have zn's telephone, internet, and tv businesses on the east coast, including technicians and customer service reps. verizon says they have 10,000 nonunion employees trained and ready to work. the problem is there are 36,000 people on strike. at i

. >> michael george is here with the dramatic end and the investigation beginning. >> reporter: the details are so unusual, it sounds made up. a man walks into a tv station in a hedgehog costume claiming he had a bomb. what happened next unfolded on live television. surgical mask, he walked into the fox television station in baltimore wearing what looked like a bomb vest. he demanded to go on tv to expose what he called a government conspiracy. a security guard talked with the man while officers responded. >> he kept on saying, i don't want to hurt anyone. i don't want to hurt you. but i just really want my message to be heard. >> reporter: what his message was is unclear. the man allegedly set fire to his own car before ending the building. he brought a flash drive with him but police haven't said what's on it. >> why did this happen? why did he wear a replica bomb today? we don't know. >> reporter: as employees evacuated, he walked out of the building. when he ignored ordered to stop, police officers opened fire. >> when he walked out on the street, he posed a threat to the community, to

michael george is here with more. >> bernie sanders is coming off a recent string of wins, but now all eyes are on new york. he has an uphill battle as he trails hillary clinton in the polls. both spent the day trying to win over new yorkers and turning up the heat on attacks on each other. duelling rallies. bernie and hillary ramping up the fight for the delegates. >> we are taking on all of the establishment. thank you! >> she and her husband bill made appearances at several churches in queens. >> we're going to bui on the promise that president obama has set for america. >> she was a great secretary of state. >> i feel that the clintons have a place here in new york. she's fought for new york, new york values. >> the former secretary of state also questioned bernie sanders loyalty to the president. >> we have someone to rejects the idea that president obama has made progress, doesn't give him the credit that i think he deserves. >> sanders, meanwhile, stopped for a hot dog at nathan's on coney island before addressing a crowd of supporters right on the boardwalk. >> i hope that on a

michael george, news 4 new york. >>> thank you, michael. now to the republican side, donald trump spent the day up state only ohio governor john kasich was in our area. he spent the day reaching out to the jewish community on the sabbath. we caught up with him at p.j. bern stooens on the upper ooegs side. he had a ball of soup and strudle. earlier in the day, he put politics aside, speaking to hundreds at a synagogue in great neck. >> but i didn't want to make a political talk. i just wasn't interested. you go in a synagogue, you talk about faith, i think. given an opportunity to speak to the congregation, we'll go down as one of the great moments in my life time. >>> now donald trump stayed up state today, speaking first to a crowd of about 5,000 at the on center in syracuse. then he headed norlt to the a rally into a large hanger. he touched on his political rivals to national security to gun rights, saying things would have been much different in san bernardino if he were president. >> if he had his gun and he's standing on the other sid

this is a big moment. >> i adore george michael. george michael is my favorite recording artist of all time, and he should be yours as well. there. there's the tears. i'm kidding. >> jimmy: and we're glad he said yes. >> it was like hey, george, it's a pleasure. i'm like -- >> yes. >> jimmy: he answered quickly? fast. do. >> he has a good sense of humor. >> jimmy: i can't wait for him to see the movie. is he invited to the premier? >> oh, gosh. >> jimmy: you forgot. >> what's weird is we invited ridgely, the other guy. that's a young audience. nobody knew what we were talking about. that is a young audience. all the people that laughed went, ha ha, i'm over 40. >> there's some over 40s that don't know him. >> jimmy: you guys have method man. that's an interesting character. he's been here a bunch of times, and he's not like you would imagine him to be, is he? >> no. i'm the guy who is like up in my dorm room lip syncing method man songs and then he comes in to do the movie. he's a professional actor, but he's kind of a geek. he'd be the fi

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michael george, "today in new >>> as we mentioned, actor george cloon incompetent -- clooney sat down with chuck todd and you can watch that on "meet the press" this morning at 10:30. gus in. >>> on the republican side. donald trump will spend in -- he headed north to the watertown airport where he held a rally inside a large hangar there. he touched on everything, political rivals, gun rights, national security. he said things would be different in san bernardino if he had been president. >> if he had his gun and he's standing on the other side, you don't have 14 people dead. you have a couple of bad ones dead, but you don't have 14 people. same thing in paris. >> meanwhile, ohio governor john kasich stumped saturday near the city. reaching out to the jewish community on the sabbath. we caught up with him on the upper east side. strudel and a matzah ball soup. >> i didn't want to make a political talk. i wasn't interested. you go in the synagogue, you talk about faith, i think. you're given an opportunity to speak to the congregation. we'll go down as one of the great moments in my l

so another artist who gets a lot of attention in this film is george michael -- >> yes, yes. >> seth: who you use maybe as example of how far away you from -- >> how far away from being street. >> seth: yeah. >> george michael, i'm not going to lie. he is my favorite recording artist. >> seth: in real life. >> no, that is a lie. [ light laughter ] it is a lie. it is a lie. it is a lie. but i do enjoy his music. >> seth: i enjoy his music. >> but the thing is he worked perfectly because he's english, so that makes him extremely white culturally, but he has a ulful rhythmic voice. >> seth: yeah. >> so there are moments in the movie that work because it's his music. if we had picked somebody even whiter someone lik paul simon orn. something like that. >> seth: yeah. >> the movie would have been 20 i minutes long. >> seth: yeah. >> whey would have been like, at's paul simon. boom." [ laughter ] >> seth: does this answer of george michael makes me think he really is your favorite. [ laughter ] >> i'm busted, seth. you got me. know when you do films like you don't work with just one kitten.

michael george has the story. >> it's an all-out fight for new york's 291 delegates. >> bernie sanders and hillary clinton fanned out across new york city saturday recognizing its crucial importance on the >> hello, brooklyn. >> are we going to win? >> senator sanders held rallies in the bronx, queens and manhattan ending at the iconic apollo theater. speaking about issues he hopes resonates with new yorkers. >> we do not need to continue to see gentrification, which is driving working people out of the area. >> he held this conversation at harlem. there's a lot about race and gentrification. >> he has a new ad featuring erica garner, daughter of eric garner who was killed by police. >> mean whierjs secretary of state clinton made a stop at juniors for a cheesecake before speaking to supporters in sunset park. >> i actually think new york values are really good for america. >> both playing up their new york roots as the primary race heads into the homestretch. but i need to win big here in new york. >> michael george, "today in new york." >>> senator sanders can add another state to hi

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michael dukakis won denomination but lost to george h.w. bush in the general election. [applause] i apologize for being late. there was a little traffic coming down bear creek canyon this morning. intended to come down here this morning and read a short carefully worded political statement saying that i was withdrawing from the race and then quietly disappear from the stage. and then after tossing and turning all night as i have for ie last three or four nights will go up about 4:00 or 5:00 this morning with a start and i said to myself, hell no. [applause] is ♪ ♪ that because to do it's not my style and because i'm a proud man and i'm proud of what i've accomplished. [applause] let's hold down the applause, thank you. i appreciate it but let's get through this. h and i have never had a tougher week. and defiantangry man. i bend but i do not break and believe me i'm not broken. [applause] instead of getting this over fast and going to talk a while about this week and the times we are in. frankly the hardest part about making this decision has been my children. both more

maureen: new information in the case of three brothers in the deadly attack in the prince george's police station. michael, malik and elijah ford appeared appeared in court to see if there are probable cause to hold them on charges. the judge ruled there is cause and all three should be indicted soon. we now know the name of the officer whose friendly fire shot killed officer jacai colson. he is identified as officer taylor krauss. >> it's a double tragedy. i don't know if we lost a police officer but we lost one in a friendly fire incident precipitated by something that is senseless. maureen: also revealedin video of officer jacai colson's death to be released to a website entitled world star hip hop. police say ford may have a history of mental illness and say he recorded his last will and testament minutes before opening fire. breaking news in the case against hector olivera of the atlanta braves. sources confirm to abc7 olivera bonded out and is now on his way to national airport. olivera was arrested after a dispute with a woman at ritz carlton hotel in pentagon city this morning. he is charged with

. >> 2012, michael o'keefe published a two-volume bibliography on george armstrong custer. there were 10,000 items in the annotated them all. 3000 of them were books. so i ain't the logical first question to begin with is t.j. why custer? >> i hate myself. no. [laughter] first of all, i had to say thank you for coming. i appreciate it. i love the chance to talk to readers and potential readers even more. also to have a conversation hutton, you is not just a great hoyton a and a great writer and has a become coming out this spring called "the apache wars" it's phenomenal. so watch for that. so to have this conversation with a good historian and a good writer is terrific. there is -- i could easily go on and on and give a hoe spiel about custer and why by book is justified, but the subtitle complain mitt approach. sometimes you go into a subject because it hasn't been written about enough before, or you really feel like people have gotten it wrong, and is a say there's a lot of great writing as well as a lot roof writing about custer. my approach was to change the camera angl

those stories plus gangsters, kittens and george michael. looking to speed up the implementation of the 15-dollars-per- hour minimum wage. vo >>> 6:43. berkeley looking to speed up the implementation of the $15 an hour wanl. the proposal would require large employers to pay that new wage by 2018. employers aren't required to comply until 2022. the berkeley's new proposal won tentative approval back in november. >>> 6:43 on your tuesday. criticism from 3,000 miles away. new radio ads approved by florida's governor are going to be aimed at poaching businesses from california. does this sound familiar? now it's governor rick scott attacking jerry brown's recently approved minimum wage hike. he contends the plan to raise minimum wage in california by 2022 will crush businesses. the ads will run on radio stations in the bay area and los angeles. >> over a half million people are boycotting target. last week target pledged to allow transgender guests and employees to use whichever rest room correspondses with their gender identity. the group claim

michael dukakis won the nomination but lost decidedly to george h.w. bush in the general election. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. for out-of-town friends, welcome to colorado. if you don't like the weather, it will change in a few minutes. [laughter] i want to say thank you to tim morris and all the elected officials and leaders of our community and state here on this platform. i want to take the opportunity to introduce the best daughter hart. ever had, andrea [applause] i was tempted to introduce the next first lady of the united states but i will simply say the best wife any candidate ever had, leigh hart. [applause] we want to thank each and every one of you for coming out here today. you are our friends. many of you have been contributors for many years. we are strengthened by her presence here today and we thank you. i want to say a special word of thanks to a very large group of the best organizers that any candidate for any office has ever had and say a personal word of thanks to all of them who organized this rally and particularl

george michael is back. he's going to be hitting the >> released in 1990. >> great year. 20 years old, never been happier. >> i've got some music news. i have not confirmed this but i'm going to dive right in because that's the way we roll in the weather watcher world. 48 from dr. frankie. the birds are saying he wants to know what they know. they know that low pressure is going to play a role today and bob lescheck has 46 and singer tomny james is 69 today. the sky is not of the crystal blue persuasion. i've got folks boohooing that we don't have rain. we've got 44 and daniel's got this point that it is international day. maybe some dancing will keep us warm. thanks chris, yes it is shrimp scampi day. that's what they called me in college. they did. clouds and 4th in the city right now. out of the east, a cool damp breeze, that's how we're starting the day. we've got cool readings, 45. numbers still in the 50s at 8. it's still in the 50s at noon. it's still in the 50s at 2. it's still in the 50s at 5. hey,

michael pineda loads the bases. george springer unloads them. all of the sudden it's 6-5. no problem. starlin castro, 2nd inning, three-run home run. 5 rbi tonight. in the 3rd inning, it's mark teixeira's turn. yankees win it 16-6. they've got an afternoon game tomorrow. they hope they still have their hitting shoes on. >>> mets are off till friday. they get the phillies after the opening series in kansas city. >>> the knicks, chrisops porzingis missing his third straight. title. porzingis on the sideline. fellas like derrick williams who led the way with 17 points. hid a buzzer-beater before halftime. late 4th quarter. but kemba walker, 34 points. hits seven 3-pointers. 111-97. the knicks lose tonight. that's 5-6. >>> the nets at washington where the wizards are trying to lock down a playoff spot. tight game early. thomas robinson. 10-16. 23 points. markel brown off the bench scored 13. washington starts to pull away. bradley beal the big score. he had 25. the nets lose. they've lost an average over 19 points a game. >>> on campus at uconn today, the champions came home.

george michael. andrew ridgely. he was the brunette. this is the picture we are giving you live to start "the 9". foggy. cool. mist, rain in some parts of the bay area. you guys were up late last night at the ballgame? >> yeah. sometimes you have to stay up late and have a little fun on tuesday night. >> we did. i saw mike and your boy at the game. and you were pretty liberal with the hot dogs and ice cream, sir. >> yeah, the ice cream. the hot dogs were great. i put down two myself, a cold one. >> look at you. >> i feel fresh. a matinee today. >> i have to tell about a traffic mess we have been covering for you through "mornings on 2". it is still developing. it's happening in dublin near the dublin grade. this is westbound 580. sal, a major crash there? >> yeah, and this has been blocking three lanes for the past three hours. it happened before 6 a.m. and you see this video of what was left over from this six-car pile-up or six-vehicle pile-up, i should say. at one point several cars were on fire. and chp officers tell ktvu that this

michael dukakis won the 1988 democratic nomination but lost to george h.w. bush in the general election. [applause] sen. hart: thank you very much. i apologize for being late. i have not intended to come down here and read a short, carefully worded political statement saying i was withdrawing from the race and quietly disappear from the stage, and then after frankly, tossing and turning all night as i have for the last three or four nights, i woke up around 4:00 this morning and i said to myself, hell no. [applause] sen. hart: no. no, no, no. i am not going to do that. i'm not going to do that because that is not my style and because i am a proud man and i am proud of what i have accomplished. [applause] sen. hart: let's hold on the applause, thank you. [laughter] sen. hart: i appreciate it, but was get through this. now, clearly lee and i have never had a tougher week, but i'm not a beaten man, i am in -- an angry and defiant man. i have said that i been but i do not break, and believe me, i am not broken. instead of getting this over fast, i am going to ta